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Stacey Abrams: “There is no degree of safety, no degree of necessity that…”

Featuring: Stacey Abrams, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Georgia

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Stacey Abrams SPEAKS UP for children detained in Dilley, Texas, and nationwide

Published | Video Starts at 03:22

We knew where to find their parents. They were at bus stops getting ready to go to work. And there is no universe and there is no justification for. For torturing children. There is no degree of safety, no degree of necessity that requires that [children] be denied access to health care. that an 18 month old be given ibuprofen because she's coughing, and it turns out she ends up with COVID RSV, bronchitis and pneumonia in the United States in 2026. (03:22–03:31)

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Asserts that denying healthcare to detained children is unnecessary and unsafe.

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